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With my family in Wales.
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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
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When I am with my four children.
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Now. I enjoy what I do for a living, the children are here and I am still happily married after 25 years.
Last summer with my boyfriend Richie. We had no plans – it was just wonderful.
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When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.
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Thinking about the next day.
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